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        <a id="libgdata" name="libgdata"></a>libgdata-0.17.12
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        <h2 class="sect2">
          Introduction to libgdata
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        <p>
          The <span class="application">libgdata</span> package is a
          GLib-based library for accessing online service APIs using the
          GData protocol, most notably, Google's services. It provides APIs
          to access the common Google services and has full asynchronous
          support.
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          This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-9.1
          platform.
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          Package Information
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              <p>
                Download (HTTP): <a class="ulink" href=
                "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/libgdata/0.17/libgdata-0.17.12.tar.xz">
                http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/libgdata/0.17/libgdata-0.17.12.tar.xz</a>
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                Download (FTP): <a class="ulink" href=
                "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/libgdata/0.17/libgdata-0.17.12.tar.xz">
                ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/libgdata/0.17/libgdata-0.17.12.tar.xz</a>
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                Download MD5 sum: 9d5692a2308bb949af801be66989e164
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                Download size: 828 KB
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                Estimated disk space required: 76 MB (with tests)
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                Estimated build time: 1.0 SBU (with tests)
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          libgdata Dependencies
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          Required
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          <a class="xref" href="../basicnet/libsoup.html" title=
          "libsoup-2.70.0">libsoup-2.70.0</a>, <a class="xref" href=
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          "JSON-GLib-1.4.4">JSON-GLib-1.4.4</a>, and <a class="xref" href=
          "../general/vala.html" title="Vala-0.48.2">Vala-0.48.2</a>
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          Recommended
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          <a class="xref" href="gcr.html" title="Gcr-3.36.0">Gcr-3.36.0</a>,
          <a class="xref" href="../general/git.html" title=
          "Git-2.26.0">git-2.26.0</a>, and <a class="xref" href=
          "../general/gobject-introspection.html" title=
          "gobject-introspection-1.64.0">gobject-introspection-1.64.0</a>
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          Optional
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          <a class="xref" href="../general/gtk-doc.html" title=
          "GTK-Doc-1.32">GTK-Doc-1.32</a> (for documentation), <a class=
          "xref" href="../postlfs/liboauth.html" title=
          "liboauth-1.0.3">liboauth-1.0.3</a> (for OAuth v1 support), and
          <a class="xref" href="../basicnet/uhttpmock.html" title=
          "uhttpmock-0.5.1">uhttpmock-0.5.1</a> (required for tests)
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        <p class="usernotes">
          User Notes: <a class="ulink" href=
          "http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/libgdata">http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/libgdata</a>
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          Installation of libgdata
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          Install <span class="application">libgdata</span> by running the
          following commands:
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<kbd class="command">mkdir build &amp;&amp;
cd    build &amp;&amp;

meson --prefix=/usr -Dgtk_doc=false -Dalways_build_tests=false .. &amp;&amp;
ninja</kbd>
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          "../basicnet/uhttpmock.html" title=
          "uhttpmock-0.5.1">uhttpmock-0.5.1</a> is installed and remove
          <em class="parameter"><code>-Dalways_build_tests=false</code></em>
          in the <span class="command"><strong>meson</strong></span> command
          line. To test the results, issue: <span class=
          "command"><strong>ninja test</strong></span>. Note that the tests
          need network access.
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          Now, as the <code class="systemitem">root</code> user:
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<kbd class="command">ninja install</kbd>
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          Command Explanations
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          <em class="parameter"><code>-Dgtk_doc=false</code></em>: Remove
          this if you have <a class="xref" href="../general/gtk-doc.html"
          title="GTK-Doc-1.32">GTK-Doc-1.32</a> installed and want to rebuild
          the documentation with it.
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          <code class="option">-Doauth1=enabled</code>: Use this option if
          you wish to build in support for OAuth v1. Note that you must have
          <a class="xref" href="../postlfs/liboauth.html" title=
          "liboauth-1.0.3">liboauth-1.0.3</a> installed in order to enable
          this option.
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          Contents
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              <strong class="segtitle">Installed Programs:</strong>
              <span class="segbody">None</span>
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              <strong class="segtitle">Installed Libraries:</strong>
              <span class="segbody">libgdata.so</span>
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              <strong class="segtitle">Installed Directories:</strong>
              <span class="segbody">/usr/include/libgdata,
              /usr/libexec/installed-tests/libgdata,
              /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gdata, and
              /usr/share/installed-tests/libgdata</span>
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            Short Descriptions
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                    <a id="libgdata-lib" name="libgdata-lib"></a><span class=
                    "term"><code class="filename">libgdata.so</code></span>
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                  <p>
                    contains the <span class="application">libgdata</span>
                    API functions.
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